{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"136369","rtpr_id":"nBwbZkclJa-20260904","ticker":"VRSN","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["VRSN"],"title":"Hagens Berman Files Antitrust Class-Action Lawsuit Against Verisign and ICANN Alleging Billions of Dollars in Illicit Gains from Website Domain Owners","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-04T18:58:00.127Z","article_body":"Hagens Berman Files Antitrust Class-Action Lawsuit Against Verisign and ICANN\nAlleging Billions of Dollars in Illicit Gains from Website Domain Owners\n\nLaw firm seeks to represent a class of US .com domain owners to recover losses\nand end alleged monopoly\n\nAntitrust law firm Hagens Berman has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of\nowners of .com website domains, accusing Verisign Inc. and Internet\nCorporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) of maintaining an illegal\nmonopoly\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fverisign-com-domain-name-registry-consumer-class-action&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=accusing+Verisign+Inc.+and+Internet+Corporation+for+Assigned+Names+and+Numbers+%28ICANN%29+of+maintaining+an+illegal+monopoly&index=1&md5=1896966db18c756be699381e573c1813)\n, charging excessive fees amounting to billions of dollars in allegedly\nillicit gains.\n\nA California consumer filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the\nCentral District of California on Sept. 4, 2026, and states that, since 2021,\nVerisign’s price has risen roughly 30% to $10.26 per domain, despite\ndeclining actual costs of providing registry services across the industry. The\nlawsuit alleges that Verisign’s prices are the result of a contract between\nit and ICANN that entitles Verisign to a permanent monopoly over the .com\nregistry, and that ICANN, the organization originally intended to promote\ncompetition for .com, now shares in Verisign’s monopoly profits.\n\n“Web domain owners and operators are often small businesses, entrepreneurs,\nnon-profits or sole proprietors, seeking to make a name and a living through\ntheir goods and services,” said Steve W. Berman, managing partner and\nco-founder of Hagens Berman. “Every year, Verisign extracts nearly a billion\ndollars in overcharges from these ordinary people and businesses. We believe\nVerisign has maintained an illegal monopoly in the .com domain space — where\nthere are over 160 million active registrations worldwide — answering only\nto its shareholders.”\n\nEvery .com registrant pays Verisign's fee, regardless of registrar. It is\nembedded in every transaction, at every registrar, without exception. If you\nregistered a .com domain name for personal or business use since 2022, find\nout your rights\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fverisign-com-domain-name-registry-consumer-class-action&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=If+you+registered+a+.com+domain+name+for+personal+or+business+use+since+2022%2C+find+out+your+rights&index=2&md5=20d410563ab2652cc7d861ba9078f298)\n.\n\nNetwork Net Profits\n\nVerisign’s financial filings indicate it costs Verisign approximately $3 per\ndomain to operate .com domains, and comparable registries around the world\ncharge an average of between $5 and $6. Verisign charges more than double\nthat, generating operating margins exceeding 67% — higher than Apple,\nMicrosoft, Alphabet and more than five times the S&P 500 index average,\naccording to the lawsuit.\n\nIn 2025 alone, Verisign returned more than $1 billion to shareholders through\nstock buybacks and dividends, which attorneys allege is not funded by\ninnovation, but by fees extracted from a captive customer base. “These\nresults would be impossible in a competitive market,” the lawsuit states.\n\nAccording to the lawsuit, Verisign obtained its permanent monopoly through a\nyears-long campaign of coercion against ICANN — the private nonprofit that\noversees the domain name system. Verisign now has a 100% share of the .com\nregistry market and a contractual right to keep it — indefinitely —\nthrough a “presumptive right of renewal” that forecloses competitive\nbidding, the lawsuit states.\n\nEvery .com domain registration or renewal passes through a two-tier system.\nVerisign operates the registry, or the wholesale layer, and thousands of\nregistrars (companies like GoDaddy, Namecheap and Cloudflare) compete at the\nretail level to sell domains to consumers. But every registrar must pay\nVerisign the same non-negotiable wholesale fee for every .com domain\nregistered, according to attorneys. That fee is embedded in the price\nconsumers pay, regardless of which registrar is used.\n\n“Rarely does a monopoly exist in such black and white terms as we believe\nexists here,” Berman said. “Verisign didn’t build .com. It bought it,\nmade sure no one could compete for it, and has since raised prices at every\nopportunity.”\n\nThe lawsuit includes comments from registrars about Verisign’s monopoly:\nGoDaddy, the world’s largest registrar, has written that “from an end\nuser’s perspective, Verisign’s .COM does not have natural competitors to\nconstrain retail pricing within the market” and that “[t]here is no\neffective competition to assist in establishing what is a reasonable price for\n.COM.”\n\nThe lawsuit also cites bipartisan calls for action from both government\nagencies and members of Congress. In 2024, the National Telecommunications and\nInformation Administration wrote in a statement that, “a reduction in .com\nprices would be in the best interest of the public.” The same year, Senator\nElizabeth Warren and Representative Jerrold Nadler wrote a letter stating,\n“Verisign and ICANN may have a collusive relationship” in which Verisign\nhas “used its monopoly power… to capture ICANN and its millions of\nconsumers” and urged the Department of Justice to “investigate Verisign\nfor violations of antitrust laws, and, if necessary, hold the Company\naccountable.”\n\n“Verisign is ripping off the owners of 150 million .com websites by charging\nover $10 annually for each .com registration, making over $1 billion with its\npredatory pricing scheme that the Company then uses to pad its shareholders’\npockets,” they added.\n\nThe lawsuit seeks to end the alleged anticompetitive behavior through a court\ninjunction and seeks to recoup losses suffered by domain holders harmed by\nVerisign’s alleged anticompetitive practices. The class action brings claims\nof violation of the Sherman Act, as well as for monopolization, restraint of\ntrade, and unfair competition under state consumer-protection laws.\n\nFind out more about the class-action lawsuit against Verisign on behalf of\n.com domain owners and operators\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fverisign-com-domain-name-registry-consumer-class-action&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=Find+out+more+about+the+class-action+lawsuit+against+Verisign+on+behalf+of+.com+domain+owners+and+operators&index=3&md5=c9de7e21b4e6bc5959ba2949904a0234)\n.\n\nAbout Hagens Berman\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=About+Hagens+Berman&index=4&md5=129e341e1ae274b4f9ee4332aa53b9ea)\n\nHagens Berman is a global plaintiffs’ rights complex litigation law firm\nwith a tenacious drive for achieving real results for those harmed by\ncorporate negligence and fraud. Since its founding in 1993, the firm’s\ndetermination has earned it numerous national accolades, awards and titles of\n“Most Feared Plaintiff’s Firm,” MVPs and Trailblazers of class-action\nlaw. More about the law firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=hbsslaw.com&index=5&md5=827484970bba56a44a76f1dd49a2c675)\n. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fclassactionlaw&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=%40ClassActionLaw&index=6&md5=a595cc24d6ee860fc5314fd58a436a6f)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902091535/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902091535/en/)\n\nMedia Contact \n\nAsh Klann\n\npr@hbsslaw.com \n(mailto:pr@hbsslaw.com) \n206-623-9363\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBwbZkclJa-20260904","title":"Hagens Berman Files Antitrust Class-Action Lawsuit Against Verisign and ICANN Alleging Billions of Dollars in Illicit Gains from Website Domain Owners","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"VRSN","created":"2026-09-04T18:58:00.127Z","tickers":["VRSN"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Hagens Berman Files Antitrust Class-Action Lawsuit Against Verisign and ICANN\nAlleging Billions of Dollars in Illicit Gains from Website Domain Owners\n\nLaw firm seeks to represent a class of US .com domain owners to recover losses\nand end alleged monopoly\n\nAntitrust law firm Hagens Berman has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of\nowners of .com website domains, accusing Verisign Inc. and Internet\nCorporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) of maintaining an illegal\nmonopoly\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fverisign-com-domain-name-registry-consumer-class-action&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=accusing+Verisign+Inc.+and+Internet+Corporation+for+Assigned+Names+and+Numbers+%28ICANN%29+of+maintaining+an+illegal+monopoly&index=1&md5=1896966db18c756be699381e573c1813)\n, charging excessive fees amounting to billions of dollars in allegedly\nillicit gains.\n\nA California consumer filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the\nCentral District of California on Sept. 4, 2026, and states that, since 2021,\nVerisign’s price has risen roughly 30% to $10.26 per domain, despite\ndeclining actual costs of providing registry services across the industry. The\nlawsuit alleges that Verisign’s prices are the result of a contract between\nit and ICANN that entitles Verisign to a permanent monopoly over the .com\nregistry, and that ICANN, the organization originally intended to promote\ncompetition for .com, now shares in Verisign’s monopoly profits.\n\n“Web domain owners and operators are often small businesses, entrepreneurs,\nnon-profits or sole proprietors, seeking to make a name and a living through\ntheir goods and services,” said Steve W. Berman, managing partner and\nco-founder of Hagens Berman. “Every year, Verisign extracts nearly a billion\ndollars in overcharges from these ordinary people and businesses. We believe\nVerisign has maintained an illegal monopoly in the .com domain space — where\nthere are over 160 million active registrations worldwide — answering only\nto its shareholders.”\n\nEvery .com registrant pays Verisign's fee, regardless of registrar. It is\nembedded in every transaction, at every registrar, without exception. If you\nregistered a .com domain name for personal or business use since 2022, find\nout your rights\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fverisign-com-domain-name-registry-consumer-class-action&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=If+you+registered+a+.com+domain+name+for+personal+or+business+use+since+2022%2C+find+out+your+rights&index=2&md5=20d410563ab2652cc7d861ba9078f298)\n.\n\nNetwork Net Profits\n\nVerisign’s financial filings indicate it costs Verisign approximately $3 per\ndomain to operate .com domains, and comparable registries around the world\ncharge an average of between $5 and $6. Verisign charges more than double\nthat, generating operating margins exceeding 67% — higher than Apple,\nMicrosoft, Alphabet and more than five times the S&P 500 index average,\naccording to the lawsuit.\n\nIn 2025 alone, Verisign returned more than $1 billion to shareholders through\nstock buybacks and dividends, which attorneys allege is not funded by\ninnovation, but by fees extracted from a captive customer base. “These\nresults would be impossible in a competitive market,” the lawsuit states.\n\nAccording to the lawsuit, Verisign obtained its permanent monopoly through a\nyears-long campaign of coercion against ICANN — the private nonprofit that\noversees the domain name system. Verisign now has a 100% share of the .com\nregistry market and a contractual right to keep it — indefinitely —\nthrough a “presumptive right of renewal” that forecloses competitive\nbidding, the lawsuit states.\n\nEvery .com domain registration or renewal passes through a two-tier system.\nVerisign operates the registry, or the wholesale layer, and thousands of\nregistrars (companies like GoDaddy, Namecheap and Cloudflare) compete at the\nretail level to sell domains to consumers. But every registrar must pay\nVerisign the same non-negotiable wholesale fee for every .com domain\nregistered, according to attorneys. That fee is embedded in the price\nconsumers pay, regardless of which registrar is used.\n\n“Rarely does a monopoly exist in such black and white terms as we believe\nexists here,” Berman said. “Verisign didn’t build .com. It bought it,\nmade sure no one could compete for it, and has since raised prices at every\nopportunity.”\n\nThe lawsuit includes comments from registrars about Verisign’s monopoly:\nGoDaddy, the world’s largest registrar, has written that “from an end\nuser’s perspective, Verisign’s .COM does not have natural competitors to\nconstrain retail pricing within the market” and that “[t]here is no\neffective competition to assist in establishing what is a reasonable price for\n.COM.”\n\nThe lawsuit also cites bipartisan calls for action from both government\nagencies and members of Congress. In 2024, the National Telecommunications and\nInformation Administration wrote in a statement that, “a reduction in .com\nprices would be in the best interest of the public.” The same year, Senator\nElizabeth Warren and Representative Jerrold Nadler wrote a letter stating,\n“Verisign and ICANN may have a collusive relationship” in which Verisign\nhas “used its monopoly power… to capture ICANN and its millions of\nconsumers” and urged the Department of Justice to “investigate Verisign\nfor violations of antitrust laws, and, if necessary, hold the Company\naccountable.”\n\n“Verisign is ripping off the owners of 150 million .com websites by charging\nover $10 annually for each .com registration, making over $1 billion with its\npredatory pricing scheme that the Company then uses to pad its shareholders’\npockets,” they added.\n\nThe lawsuit seeks to end the alleged anticompetitive behavior through a court\ninjunction and seeks to recoup losses suffered by domain holders harmed by\nVerisign’s alleged anticompetitive practices. The class action brings claims\nof violation of the Sherman Act, as well as for monopolization, restraint of\ntrade, and unfair competition under state consumer-protection laws.\n\nFind out more about the class-action lawsuit against Verisign on behalf of\n.com domain owners and operators\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2Fcases%2Fverisign-com-domain-name-registry-consumer-class-action&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=Find+out+more+about+the+class-action+lawsuit+against+Verisign+on+behalf+of+.com+domain+owners+and+operators&index=3&md5=c9de7e21b4e6bc5959ba2949904a0234)\n.\n\nAbout Hagens Berman\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=About+Hagens+Berman&index=4&md5=129e341e1ae274b4f9ee4332aa53b9ea)\n\nHagens Berman is a global plaintiffs’ rights complex litigation law firm\nwith a tenacious drive for achieving real results for those harmed by\ncorporate negligence and fraud. Since its founding in 1993, the firm’s\ndetermination has earned it numerous national accolades, awards and titles of\n“Most Feared Plaintiff’s Firm,” MVPs and Trailblazers of class-action\nlaw. More about the law firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbsslaw.com%2F&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=hbsslaw.com&index=5&md5=827484970bba56a44a76f1dd49a2c675)\n. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fclassactionlaw&esheet=54598391&newsitemid=20260902091535&lan=en-US&anchor=%40ClassActionLaw&index=6&md5=a595cc24d6ee860fc5314fd58a436a6f)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902091535/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902091535/en/)\n\nMedia Contact \n\nAsh Klann\n\npr@hbsslaw.com \n(mailto:pr@hbsslaw.com) \n206-623-9363\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-04T18:58:00.165208345Z","server_sent_at_ms":1788548280165},"received_at":"2026-09-04T18:58:00.224Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902091535/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"125246","press_release_id":"136369","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"IT Services","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":["Sherman Act antitrust suit directly targets Verisign's core .com registry monopoly and presumptive renewal rights","Allegations that .com prices rose ~30% since 2021 to $10.26 per domain versus an alleged ~$3 cost","Bipartisan political pressure cited: Warren/Nadler urged DOJ to investigate Verisign; NTIA stated lower .com prices would serve the public interest","Law-firm authored release soliciting class members — no issuer disclosure, no certified class, no settlement"],"eventType":"legal_litigation","narrative":"Hagens Berman filed an antitrust class action on Sept. 4, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California accusing Verisign and ICANN of maintaining an illegal monopoly over the .com registry and extracting billions of dollars in alleged overcharges from domain owners.\n\nThe suit alleges Verisign's price is up roughly 30% since 2021 to $10.26 per domain against an alleged cost of about $3, while comparable registries charge $5-$6 — producing operating margins the complaint pegs above 67%.\n\nPlaintiffs seek a court injunction and damages under the Sherman Act and state consumer-protection laws; the release notes Verisign returned more than $1 billion to shareholders in 2025 through buybacks and dividends.\n\nThe release is authored by the plaintiff firm with member-recruitment language, and no class has been certified or settlement reached, so treat it as early-stage, low-signal until Verisign responds or a court acts.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Plaintiff-firm antitrust filing against VRSN's .com monopoly — early stage, but monitor for company response, DOJ interest, or regulatory follow-through."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"operating_margin":"exceeding 67%","price_per_domain":10.26,"alleged_cost_per_domain":"$3","active_com_registrations":"over 160 million","shareholder_returns_2025":"more than $1 billion","comparable_registry_price":"$5-$6","price_increase_since_2021":"roughly 30%"}},"quotedText":"Every year, Verisign extracts nearly a billion dollars in overcharges from these ordinary people and businesses","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Steve W. 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